Onset Firefighters John Gordon, president of the Box 5 Association, Chief Howard Andersen, and Deputy Chief Jeffrey Osswald, compare a new hydraulic cutter (right), with their old cutter, which was manufactured in 1980. The Box 5 Association raised $4,000 for the cutter.

The cutter is the first component in a $25,000 fundraising effort to get the department new "Jaws of Life" tools, which will help firefighters be more efficient in extricating crash victims from vehicles.